RS> The fact that bugz.fp.o is separate instead of being part of
RS> bugzilla to me, indicates that we have a problem.
I'm having trouble understanding how a quick interface to a few set
queries is a problem. Surely it's a good thing that bugzilla lets us
do this.

Enhancements like this should be part of bugzilla and not a separate
interface. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/rpm can be modified to do this.
The reason why we don't it is because pretty much nobody in Fedora has
access to that bugzilla instance to make improvements that benefit Fedora.

Uhm only if the changes don't break the accounting and other legal
processes that might be in Bugzilla because of SOX legal requirements
and such. You cant just hack around with bugzilla.redhat.com as it is
part of the company that makes money to pay for the rest of the toys.

SOX and Bugzilla??? There are accounting and legal processes in bugzilla?
Please send a link to the SOX reg where this is outlined.
Maybe I should go back to being a CPA :)
John